In the Market Place

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 921, 14 March 1930, Page 10

In the Market Place

PEARS DEARER BIG VEGETABLE STOCKS Pears are dearer in the City Marts and, in today’s sales, the rises apparent from last week’s rates were maintained. Many inferior lines, however, are being forwarded; numbers are coming to the markets before they are ripe. Poor grade apples are being disregarded, while a firm inquiry exists for choice lines. The small consignment of Australian oranges is finished. Tomatoes, including many from the South, are plentiful. Californian oranges are still dear and grapefruit is also offering at a high price level. From the vegetable auctions, unusually large supplies are reported. Some lines are overstocked and are hard to clear. A keen inquiry is being made for poultry. Cockerels are dear and liens, though penned in large numbers, arc maintaining last week’s rates. Ducks and drakes are easier, but pullets, owing to a decline in stocks, are returning good prices. Quotations;—• FRUIT Pears.—Louis Bon, 8s to 11s 6d; Bon Chretien, seconds and mediums, 8s to 9s 6d;_Beurre Bose, Beurre Capimont, 3s 6d to 5s 6d; cooking and others, 3s to 4s. Apples.—Gravenstein, choice, coloured, 6s to 8s; medium and small, 3s to 4s 6d; Albany Beauty, 4s 6d to 7s; Cox’s Orange, firsts, 6s to 9s 6d; Delicious, choice, 6s 6d to 8s 6d; cookers and others, 2s to 4s 6d. Grapefruit.—4os. Peaches.—Golden Queen, 3s to 6s; others, coloured, 3s to 4s; cooking, 2s to Tomatoes.—Outdoor, firsts, 3s to ss; smooth, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; small and medium, 2s to 3s. Plums.—6s to 10s. Grapes.—Hamburgs, lOd to Is Id a lb; No. 2,6 dto 9d a lb; Colman, Is to 3s lOd a lb; Alicante, Is to Is 3d a lb; Te Kauwhata, outdoor, Ss 6d to 11s 6d a case. Cape Gooseberries.—sd to 6d a lb. Lemons.—Local, 7s to 15s 6d a case. Passions.—Local, 3s to 7s a case. Bananas.—Ripe, No. 1,22 s to 23s a bushel; medium, 15s to 16s 6d; No. 2,12 s. Oranges.—Californian, 32s to 41s. FIELD PRODUCE:

Potatoes.—2s 6d to 4s 6d a bag. Onions. —Is 6d to 2s 3d a bag. Ivumaras.—Heavy supplies, Id to lid a lb. Cabbage.—ls 6d to 3s 6d a sack. Cauliflower.—4s to 9s a sack. Swedes.—ls 6d to 2s 6d a, bag. Pumpkins.—3s to 5s a cwt. Green Peas. —3s to 7s a bag. Beans.—2s to 5s a bag. Lettuce.—ls to 3s a case. Cucumbers.—2s to 7s 6d a dozen. Vegetable Marrows.—ls to 2s a dozen. Water Melons.—ls to 3s 6d each. Rock Melons. —3d to Is 3d each. Cabbage.—On benches, 9d to Is 9d a dozen. Celery.—6d to 3 s 6d a bundle. Rhubarb.—ls a dozen. Spinach.—ls a dozen. Pumpkins.—3d to Is each. Radish.—6d to Is a dozen. Spring Onions. —3d to Is a bundle. Carrots, Parsnips, Beet and Turnips.— 6d to lOd a dozen. POULTRY Pullets. —White Leghorn, 5s 6d to 7s 6d: aßlack Orpington, 5s 6d to 7s 6d. Roosters. —2s to 3s 6d. Hens.—Heavy, 2s 9d to 3s Sd: light. Is to 2s 3d. Cockerels. —Prime heavy, 6s 6d to 8s; light, 3s 6d to 4s 9d. Ducks.—Old, 2s to 2s Sd; Muscovy, 3s 3d to 4s 3d. Drakes. —Young, 2s Sd to 3s 4d; Muscovy, 3s 9d to 5s 9d. Cock Chicks. —Is to 2s. PRODUCE IN SYDNEY SYDNEY, Thursday. The following are today’s quotations on the Sydney produce market: Wheat. —Dull. Bulked, 4s 7d; bagged lots, 4s Sd. Flour. — £ll 10s. Pollard. — £7 15s. Bran. — £8 10s. Potatoes. —Tasmanian, £10; Victorian, £7. Onions. —Vitcorian Globe and Brown Spanish, £5. Oats. —White, 4s 9d; Algerian, 4s 3d. Maize.—6s 3d. Adelaide prices are: Wheat.—4s 2d. Flour.—£ll ss. Bran.— £6 15s. Pollard.— £8 ss. Oats.—2s 8d to 2s TO<L